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Re: Hologram Performances Discussion
RE Priscilla:
I can get Priscilla having emotional ties to that time period, and going "no way I want to remember it, or talk about it". Because based on the knowledge I have, it was ROUGH after the shows and post-show gospel jams (which fuckin' rock star too believe it or not), Elvis was just in full blown Layne Staley-mode by then. All of the popular drugs the kiddies think they're just oh so original on abusing now, Elvis practically started the prescription drug epidemic. It was even more rock star of him that he was swallowing enough drugs that Corey Haim would go "holy fucking shit", and yet Elvis was still going out there and hammering out LEGENDARY shows.
He couldn't have been more of a rockstar at that point. But at home, I get it. He was cheating on Priscilla constantly, burying himself in drugs during the downtime, had violent mood swings, when his whole God "phase" started (wasn't it after his mother died? Can't remember), anyways he became almost cultist about it. He drank to top it all off. He wouldn't touch Priscilla romantically because after she gave birth to Lisa Marie, she became 'a mother' and was soiled to him. Priscilla then started having an affair. He was constantly paranoid about being 'yesterdays news' and a has been while artists like The Rolling Stones & Led Zeppelin were in their peak and Elvis was seen as your daddy's rock star. This left him confused, lonely and full of resentment, and the dude was losing his mind, and all the time constantly being pampered and told how "right" he was about everything. Sound familiar?
So I get her, "I don't want to remember those days".
But at the same time constantly shoving music that the fans have 800 million times over, and a period that he hated that was basically a creation of Col. Parker's own hunger for money isn't right either. Sitting back and just throwing away a legendary era of his music as an artist, simply because you don't want to deal with it or talk about is basically re-writing his history out of your own ego and vanity Priscilla.
As for deaths, i've asked that question also Bono and everyone that would know has told me over and over that Elvis death was FAR bigger than Lennon's. BUT granted this is coming from Americans. Lennon's death might've been larger than Elvis' over in Europe, but Elvis was mega-popular over there and remains so to this day, so I dunno.
As for the alternate timeline:
If Elvis would've lived, I just don't know how to picture him apart of the 80's music scene. I couldn't see Elvis going the way of Eric Clapton and cutting Phil Collins-type tracks. I couldn't see Elvis doing more pop-experimentation stuff like Robert Plant. And I certainly don't see Elvis apart of the new wave or hair metal scenes, nor do I see Elvis doing U2 or Cure tracks to stay relevant.
My guess was despite his young age, he would've probably either just retired for a long-term period of time, or during the 80's he would've embraced and been embraced more by the poppier-melodic country scene. I could see Elvis doing tracks about love, being lonely, talking about his late parents, the occasional gospel-related track in the same style of music that Conway Twitty was doing at the time, and while Conway was still getting #1 hits on the country charts with it, Elvis would've been doing the same.
jmho
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Re: Hologram Performances Discussion
I would of seen Elvis go into a more stripped down acoustic kind of setting like Johnny Cash did during the last years of his life. That would of totally worked for him. It's hard to let go of the demons on your shoulder telling you what you think is right or wrong to do in life. Drugs and alcoholism have taken away some great talents in music. It's hard to picture how their lives would of went if lived a little bit longer. Like you said earlier Axlin, I could see him go into an 80s Clapton kind of sound. I could never see Elvis deal with pop metal sounds or a heavy synth wall of sound either.
Re: Hologram Performances Discussion
I could've seen Elvis doing the Johnny Cash thing with Rick Rubin, but it would've been at the end. Late 90's/early 2000's, rather than the 80's.
Elvis loved covers (he was a singer), Johnny doing stuff like One, Rusty Cage & of course Hurt, which he made his own.
My mind runs wild with what Elvis would've covered acoustically during that period. Streets With No Name, Hunger Strike, No Excuses... all Elvis covered just blows my fucking mind.
I could've seen Elvis eventually doing songs like Jamey Johnson's "In Color".
During the 80's, I could've also seen Elvis being one of the 'The Highwaymen', and singing on that track.
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No Excuses with Elvis and with Jerry on guitar or another great guitar player that would been mind blowing to the public and myself. You know I think Rooster or an extremely stripped down Man in the Box could of worked if recorded at a slow gentle pace. That could still keep the grind of the track; but still appeal to Elvis's musical tone. It's such a deep powerful track. He could of pulled it off. Elvis would of kicked so much ass in the Traveling Wilburys too if he guested on a track or two. With him, Roy, Tom, George, and Jeff doing some of the harmonies with Dylan doing some of the backing vocals that would have been amazing to hear on record. Hearing an 80s Roy song with Elvis and a great backing band would of been killer too. Meat loaf is another artist that could go the right direction.
Re: Hologram Performances Discussion
There's a cat named Doug Church that does a lot of "what if Elvis were alive" covers. Dude sounds EXACTLY like Elvis in the late 70s in my opinion. Here's his take on Tears In Heaven:
He's got 3 albums out and I have all 3. I wish he'd do another one soon and yes, dear God yes, In Color, One and No Excuses would be awesome choices for it.Let me know what you think of the cover above.
That guy is fucking incredible.... 
